gráinne

See also: grainne and gràinne

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”).

Noun

gráinne m (genitive singular gráinne, nominative plural gráinní)

  1. grain
    1. single grain
      1. (hard) particle
    2. a small quantity of something, pinch
Declension
Declension of gráinne

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gráinne gráinní
Vocative a ghráinne a ghráinní
Genitive gráinne gráinní
Dative gráinne gráinní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghráinne na gráinní
Genitive na gráinne na ngráinní
Dative leis an ngráinne

don ghráinne

 leis na gráinní
  • Variant plural: gráinneacha
Derived terms
  • gráinne piobair (“peppercorn”)
  • cloch ghráinne (“granular stone; granite”)

Etymology 2

Noun

gráinne f (genitive singular gráinne)

  1. Synonym of gránnacht (“ugliness”)
Declension
Declension of gráinne

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gráinne
Vocative a ghráinne
Genitive gráinne
Dative gráinne

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghráinne
Genitive na gráinne
Dative leis an ngráinne

don ghráinne

Adjective

gráinne

  1. (nonstandard) comparative degree of gránna

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gráinne ghráinne ngráinne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "gráinne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 gráinne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 gráinne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “grain” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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